Surprise!

Hi everyone, been gone a while again.  Things have been totally crazy around here as usual and one of the reasons is hubby has been offered a job on the other side of the country and we have decided to move!  So we have been sorting the house out and having agents over and now we just have to quickly sell our house in a very bad market :)  Sadly we also lost a family member last week that has affected the whole family greatly.

Today I am sharing a layout done with the new Surprise range from Bo Bunny and some of the yummy new background stamps.  I am so in love with all the new background stamps because they are have that distressed kind of look, I am so in heaven and I can't wait to try all of them out!

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper : Surprise!, Twist, Banners/Surprise

Stickers : Surprise! Combo Sticker

Buttons : Surprise! buttons

Chipboard : Surprise! 12x12 Chipboard

Stamps : Geometric Patterns Stamps; On This Day Stamps 

I also decided to have a haircut last week.  My life is generally pretty stressful and I decided that any little thing that will make my life easier is worth it and shorter hair probably will make things a bit quicker!  So this is my hair before which was just past my waist.

I kept the hair they cut off and am donating it to a cancer charity and this is my hair now.  Everyone keeps telling me it makes me look younger but I think it makes me look older and like a grown up lol.  Whatever the hairdresser had put into it also made it look really dark so I now know what I would look like with darker hair :)

Finally for today....everyone loves Scrapbook Trends right?  Well Bo Bunny is giving away a year long subscription to Scrapbook Trends!  All you have to do is follow the Bo Bunny Blog and leave a comment on this post here.  You can also find a wonderful tutorial for colouring doilies by the amazing Juliana Michaels on the same post :)

Mama-Razzi2 and Weymouth!

I have been absent a while again as we have had a lot going on here, including maybe some very big changes in our lives!  But anyway first off is a quick layout I did using the new Mama-razzi2!

This was done for the layout formula on the Bo Bunny blog which is where you use a limited supply list for your layout and the list is as follows...

1 piece of cardstock

3 pieces of patterned paper

1 sticker sheet

1 other embellishment set of your choice

This is my layout which is Kieran's first camera that he got for his 6th birthday so of course the photos were just perfect for Mama-razzi2!

This is what I had left over from my supply list.

One of the things we have been busy with was a trip to Weymouth.  Although it was still really cold it is amazing what a difference heading South makes in the temperature and we even had sunshine!!  Of course no matter how cold we could not keep the kids out of the water!

 They did lots of skipping stones!

Walked around and saw some of the sights on the beachfront...

                                                    The kids also went on a Donkey ride

We were literally right on the beachfront and this was the view from our hotel window and wow I would love to wake up to this every morning!  These two photos were actually taken by Christopher and I am so impressed! :)

Anyway that is me for the night I am shattered so will have to get around to doing some blog visiting tomorrow night!

Glitter!

I am just sharing some layouts from an article I did on using glitter on your scrapbook pages for issue 65 of the Scrapbook Magazine.  These were all done using glitter and glue applicators from Glitter Perfect which makes detailed glitter application really easy!  I even have one of the layouts really small on the cover, on the last one it was only my hand from one of the step by step photos lol!  The other little layout next to mine is another member from the Bo Bunny design team Mireille!

These were all done using Bo Bunny Country Garden.  For this first layout of my Mom and Dad I edged the photos with glitter...

 I also edged some of the petals and stamens with glitter.

 Lastly I covered some chipboard butterflies, dragonflies and some wooden words in glitter.

 I love this photo of my grandparents that I used on the next layout!

 To do the glittered title I printed my word out on a piece of cardstock in a light grey then used a superfine nozzle to apply the glue before adding the glitter

 I also added glitter to paint to give more texture to my bricks.

 

 This last layout is me and Paul when Kieran was only about a year old and we were still living in South Africa (hence the sunshine!)  The giant cat was my cat and his name was Skunk, both his parents were actually Siamese cats but he came out black and we had to have him!  We had another snow white cat Al who is not in the photo, I really need to scrapbook them sometime as they were definitely our first babies! :)

 

 I used the glitter to make a frame for my photo using double sided tape.  I started by cutting a frame from cardstock and then covering in double sided tape.  I then used an edge punch on some strips of cardstock and stuck them onto the frame before covering it in glitter and making sure it was all pressed down.  Once that was done I removed the punched strips and covered the rest of the frame in a contrasting glitter.

I also highlighted parts of the pages like the butterflies with glitter.

Have you seen all of the new Bo Bunny releases?  I am so excited, especially for the Misc. Me stuff and the stamps...well I am just in seventh heaven, I just LOVE stamps and background/texture stamps are my favourite!  There are still a few hours left to leave some comments on the Bo Bunny Blog for a chance to win some of the gorgeous new lines!

Card Challenge, Meeting Helen and a Song!

Happy New Year to all my lovely bloggy friends!  I hope your new year has been great so far and that you all have a wonderful, happy year ahead of you all!

Well it has been lovely having some down time around here but things are starting to go back to normal.  Paul has gone back to work, the kids are back to school on Monday and that means we have to go school shoe shopping today as my youngest tends to wear holes through his school shoes every 4 months or so.  I haven't the faintest idea how he manages it but he always does so we are going to try some new brands this time!  I suppose that means I also have to get all the school uniforms out to iron, it was so nice just hanging them in the cupboard without having to iron them! :)

This is my card for the Bo Bunny card challenge this month.  I set the challenge and decided to set it as having around 70% white space as white space is definitely something I love but have lots of issues leaving!  I used Love Letters for my card, just getting in early with the Valentines card! If you want to take part in this months challenge to win some yummy Bo Bunny goodies then head over to this post.

I was also lucky enough to have the opportunity to get to meet up with Helen Tilbury who was over in the UK on holiday.  I was supposed to meet up with her on our trip to South Africa in August but didn't manage it so I was so glad to get another chance and she is as wonderful in real life as she comes across on her blog!

Ha ha, I don't know why I am doing a deer in the headlights, probably just having to have my photo taken as of course like most scrapbookers I usually avoid it! 

Anyway I will finish off with another one of my current favourite songs.  It is not that often that I love a song the first time I hear it, it normally takes a couple of listens but I loved this song by Taylor Swift immediately and I adore the video!

It's Christmas!

 Merry Christmas to all my wonderful Family and Friends!

I hope you have a wonderful festive season spent with your loved ones :)

I know I have two munchkins who are battling to sleep because they are just too excited! :)

Publications - Scrapbook Magazine Issue 64

Aaack it has been ages since my last post!  I have just been too busy creating and dealing with my usual chaotic life to keep up with my blog!   Nothing I can share yet but as it has been a while since I shared any publications I decided to do that for today.  These layouts were done for Issue 64 of Scrapbook Magazine for an article I did on making your own leaves and stems for your layouts.

This first layout was using patterned paper, florist tape and wire to make the leaves, stems and curlicues and I used Bo Bunny Alora which is definitely a favourite of mine as it is so bright and gorgeous!  This is my beautiful best freind and her family.

This next layout is of my parents in law and I used primed Canvas from an artists book and mists to create the leaves and I used Bo Bunny Country Garden for the layout.  I don't normally do such bulky layouts as otherwise they can't fit into page protectors but I am doing a few like this of the family that are going to go in a few 12x12 frames and up on the wall :)

For this layout of my Mom when she was young I used rolled tissue paper, fabric and embroidery thread for my leaves and Bo Bunny Serenity for the layout.

I had to do a sheet of leaf and vine templates too so for this last layout of my little sister I just used the vine template to draw onto cardstock and paint with Tim Holtz Distress Inks. 

That is it for today and we have a busy day ahead of us again today so I had better crack on with that.  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Snowday and a card

I have two projects to share today, first up is a layout using Snowday!  For this layout we had to do a non winter themed layout using Snowfall to show how versatile all those gorgeous papers are.  I love the papers in this range and they can definitely be used for all sorts of layouts.

 Supplies Used :

Patterned Paper : Flurries, Pajamas, Stripe, Mittens/Snow Day
6x6 Paper Pad : Snow Day
Noteworthy : Snow Day
Stickers : Snow Day Combo Stickers

I also did a sketch to go with my layout...

This card was done using a sketch by the lovely Jolanda Meurs using the Rejoice collection.  I think this might be the quickest card I have ever made as I had to do it in a big rush!

 

I went to see the latest Breaking Dawn on Saturday and I totally loved it and then I hated it and almost walked out the cinema (anyone who has seen it will know exactly which part I am talking about!) and then I totally loved it again!  I was trying to convince the hubby that he should take the kids to the movies on Sunday and then I would have an excuse to go and see BD again but alas he said we had finish painting the kids rooms.  So that is what we did and then I spent a few hours having a clear out in said kids rooms, the worst part is I am not even finished the clear out so I will still be doing it this weekend!  That is how you know you have the messiest hoarders for kids EVER! :)

Thankful For and a Winner

One of my latest assignments was to do a layout on what I am thankful for.  There are so many things in my life that I am thankful for but of course one of the things I am most thankful for is my two beautiful boys.  I just adore these photos of my boys together, every time I see the happiness and smiles on their faces it just brings a big smile to mine!  This is actually only a small sampling of the photos that I took that day and I loved so many of them I had to have a load of them printed really small so that I could fit loads on my layout! :)  I used the Apple Cider range.

Now it is time to announce the winner of my little giveaway.  Sorry that this is so late, my life is anything but uneventful!  Anyway I used Random org to pick the winner and it gave me.....

Which means that Louise is the winner!  Well done Louise, I will email you tomorrow morning to get your address :)